Old Sacramento Photos

Old Sacramento fronts the Sacramento River & is a restored & reconstructed heritage district which hosts a number of museums, restaurants, shops & paddlewheel river boats within the historic buildings.

Monument to Theodore Dehone Judah, advocate of the Transcontinental Railroad who convinced four Sacramento financiers to fund the project & civil engineer who planned the Sierra Nevada route, but who died 11 months after construction started in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Colorful Victorian facades on L St. in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum. Sacramento, CA.

CPRR California Steamer docks building where rail passengers once transferred to boats for San Francisco in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Paddle wheel boats docked on Sacramento River in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Delta King paddle wheel steamer ferried passengers between San Francisco & Sacramento (1926-41) in Old Sacramento now functions as a hotel. Sacramento, CA.

Paddle wheel of Delta King in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.

Former Central Pacific Railroad Freight Station, now part of State Rail Museum in Old Sacramento. Sacramento, CA.